1925 Washington

10–⁠1–⁠1 (5–⁠0 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Enoch Bagshaw.

Washington, 1925
Photo: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

Washington in 1925, game by game: won vs. Willamette 108–0; won vs. USS Oklahoma 59–0; won vs. West Seattle A.C. 56–0; won vs. Montana 30–10; tied at Nebraska 6–6; won vs. Whitman 64–2; won at Washington State 23–0; won vs. Stanford 13–0; won at California 7–0; won at Puget Sound 80–7; won vs. Oregon 15–14; lost vs. Alabama 19–20+108−1Won 108–0 vs. Willamette+108WillametteWon 59–0 vs. USS Oklahoma+59USS OklahomaWon 56–0 vs. West Seattle A.C.+56West Seattle A.…Won 30–10 vs. Montana+20MontanaTied 6–6 at Nebraska0NebraskaWon 64–2 vs. Whitman+62WhitmanWon 23–0 at Washington State+23Washington StateWon 13–0 vs. Stanford+13StanfordWon 7–0 at California+7CaliforniaWon 80–7 at Puget Sound+73Puget SoundWon 15–14 vs. Oregon+1OregonLost 19–20 vs. Alabama-1Alabama
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19vsWillametteW 108–⁠093%
Sep 26vsUSS OklahomaW 59–⁠092%
Oct 3vsWest Seattle A.C.W 56–⁠093%
Oct 10vsMontanaW 30–⁠1079%
Oct 17atNebraskaT 6–⁠641%
Oct 24vsWhitmanW 64–⁠289%
Oct 31atWashington StateW 23–⁠064%
Nov 7vsStanfordW 13–⁠065%
Nov 14atCaliforniaW 7–⁠045%
Nov 21atPuget SoundW 80–⁠792%
Nov 28vsOregonW 15–⁠1487%
Jan 1vsAlabamaRose BowlL 19–⁠2041%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Alabama 20–⁠19 in the Rose Bowl; Pacific Coast Conference champions.

In program history: The 15th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 112 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1925.

Pacific Coast Conference champions5–⁠0 in the conference

Consensus All-AmericanWildcat Wilson, RB

Record
10–⁠1–⁠1
Conference
5–⁠0 first in Pacific Coast Conference
AP poll
Began in 1936
Points
480–⁠59
Coach
Enoch Bagshaw
Elo
1673 +101 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
20.1 No. 8 of 104 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Elmer Tesreau

All-Pacific Coast

3 first team, 4 second team

First team

  • Wildcat WilsonRBUP-1; AS-1; GW-1
  • Judson CuttingEAS-1
  • Walden EricksonOTUP-1; AS-1; GW-1; NB-1

Second team

  • George GuttormsenQBUP-2
  • Elmer TesreauFBUP-2
  • Egbert BrixOGUP-2
  • Douglas BonamyCUP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1925 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1925 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Washington5–⁠010–⁠1–⁠1
Stanford4–⁠17–⁠2
USC3–⁠211–⁠2
Oregon State3–⁠27–⁠2
California2–⁠26–⁠3
Washington State2–⁠33–⁠4–⁠1
Idaho2–⁠33–⁠5
Montana1–⁠43–⁠4–⁠1
Oregon0–⁠51–⁠5–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.